OneFish
The website
describes itself as "a fishery projects portal and participatory resource
gateway for the fisheries and aquatic research and development sector" and
contains various news information.
IISD
Linkages
Major environmental news and reporting,
provided free of charge by the International Institute for Sustainable
Development. Includes the "Earth Negotiations Bulletin" service and the
valuable "Linkages" newsletter.
Greenpeace Eco-News
Extremely useful news service from
Greenpeace, which collects media items from various sources and provides
daily summaries. Covers various environmental issues, with fisheries
included in the "Oceans" section.
Planet Ark (Reuters)
Another useful NGO service which provides
Reuters news articles on environmental topics and places them in a
searchable archive.
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Fisheries specific resources
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Globefish
Eurofish
Infosamak
Infofish
Infopesca
Coalition
of Lawful Toothfish Operators
National Fisherman
Atlantic Salmon Federation
American Fisheries
Society Press Releases
Yahoo News
National
Geographic News
New Scientist
NOAA Marine
Sanctuary News
NBC News -
Environment
MercoPress
The Antarctican
BBC News
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Marine mammals and
other species
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Whale
and Dolphin Conservation Society News Archive
Outstanding
collection of news releases from around the world, added to daily, mainly
relating to cetaceans, but including some fisheries items too.
IWMC
Newsletter
IWMC (usually known as the World
Conservation Union) is an NGO which produces a regular newsletter
focussing on marine mammals and other marine species.
IFAW Press Releases
NGO which provides regular updates on
various marine conservation issues.
High North Alliance
World Council of Whalers
Useful news service from two pro-whaling
NGOs.
Sea Turtle News
Excellent collection of various news sources
on sea turtles.
Marine Turtle Newsletter
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International
organizations |
Most international organizations now maintain news pages
on their websites, although there is much variance in the regularity with
which these pages are updated. For further links to international
organizations, see Part 1.
United Nations bodies
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Many governmental websites
reproduce fisheries related press releases and a number of countries also
have specialist fisheries media. Below is a selection. If the country you are looking for
is not listed, try Part 10 of the Pathfinder.
Australia
AFMA Newsroom
AFFA Newsroom
Cambodia
Ministry
of Fisheries - News
Canada
DFO Media Room
Denmark
Ministry of Fisheries -
News
European Community
DG
Fisheries News
Iceland
Media:
Inter-Seafood
Ireland
Media:
Marine Times
Japan
MAFF Updates
Malta
Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment - Press
Releases
New
Zealand
Ministry of Fisheries - News Releases
Norway
Fisheries Directorate -
Press Releases - Norwegian
Fisheries Directorate - Press
Releases - English
Media:
Aftenposten
Taiwan
Fisheries
Agency
Media:
Taiwan Headlines
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Taipei Times
Thailand
Ministry of Fisheries - News
Media:
Thailand Fisheries News [in Thai]
United
Kingdom
Defra - News
United States
NOAA Press
Releases
NMFS Fisheries News
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Below is a
select list of the many NGO websites with useful news sections. To see a
larger list of NGO websites, many of which also maintain news sections,
see previous page.
Greenpeace
Oceans - Press releases
The Greenpeace site is usually a reasonable source for up-to-date information on fisheries
issues, although the site was being restructured at the time of the writing of this page
and press releases were not easily obtainable. The link above is to the Greenpeace
homepage.
WWF
- Endangered Seas Campaign Newsroom
This part of the WWF site usually contains some
press-releases relating to recent fisheries issues.
Environment News
Service
This news service, originally provided free in the Lycos web directory
but now provided independently and subject to a moderate charge, is quite useful which has news on
fisheries/marine living resources issues from time to time. Offers a
(free) subscription service
for daily notification of headlines.
SeaWeb
Small (but) regularly updated collection of recent news items relating to
marine conservation.
Other sources
EcoNet
Headlines
Atlantic CoastWatch
Edie's
Environmental News Service
Eco-Portal, Ocean
News
Climate Ark
Conservation International
Greenspace Environmental News
Earth Island Institute
Earth Island
Institute Newswire
Animal Planet News
Environmental News Network
Environet.org
Defenders of Wildlife
Earthjustice
World Resources Institute
Audubon Society
Environmental Newslink
Friends of the Earth
Institute for Fisheries Resources
National Marine Charter Society
National Resources Defense
Council
National Wildlife Federation
Pew Center on Global
Climate Change
San Diego Earth Times
Sierra Club
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IGIFL
NewsLink / IFLPR News Digest
The only news services dedicated
specifically to fisheries and marine living resource law and policy. IGIFL
NewsLink is a weekly service providing summaries of and links to relevant
news items on the Internet while IFLPR News Digest contains monthly
summaries of news items. Available to IGIFL subscribers.
FIS
World News
Possibly the busiest news service,
provided by the Fish Information Service and containing several news items
a day. Has a trade/market basis, but frequently contains items of a
law/policy interest.
Seafood.com
A good collection, concentrating on seafood market news but usually
containing items of a law/policy interest. Provided by Seafood
Datasearch (access from their home page).
IntraFish News
Another excellent
collection of news stories, and better organized than the other sites.
Currently free but will become a fee-based service in January 2002. (Access
from their homepage).
WorldCatch
News
Also an excellent source, although sometimes a little difficult to
navigate. Best searched by region and category together: most items are
included in the "North America" region.
Fishing
News International: Headlines
Marine
Times: International Digest
Two commercial paper publications, which
reproduce a few news stories on-line (updated monthly)
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